Monthly Archive: November 2012

The highlight event for many U.k based freestyle paddlers took place last weekend, the annual Hurley classic ! The event started from humble beginnings, from a small local event that saw 20 â€“ 30 enthusiastic paddlers from England taking part and grew into an event that now sees 100s of competitors from all areas of …

So a gentleman on FacebookÂ just asked me how to boof.Â Â Here is what I told him.Â Just in case there are any other demshitz out there having trouble with their boof stroke. Link Below: http://demshitz.com/demshitz-how-do-i-boof/ Cheers, Dave

So.. still no snow in the austrian alps. But waterlevels are quite low. But we are lucky to have some park and huck spots around that we can paddle vertical meters, also with low water. Very clean drop. Hucking down the Shiva :)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Pic: Daniel Egger Another sweet pic from the Stromboding Waterfall. …

After many years of cancellations and disappointing waterlevels, this year’s Hurley Rodeo was back with full force. The River gods smiled on us, and there were perfect waterlevels: Hurley Weir was on three gates. Kayakojacko put great deal of effort into organising the event, and there was a full program. An open event counting towards …

It’s only taken me 5 Months to get around to editing this footage, but looking back, paddling the Jed on the Lunch Counter wave on the Snake River was probably two of the best days of paddling I had this year. Â Here’s a short video, with a couple of shots of the Loki thrown in …

Below: Adam Goshorn by John Kern Early in the spring I really thought I had my summer plans all figured out.Â A friend had won a permit for a June launch on the Middle Fork of the Salmon and I had accepted the invitation to join her for a 5-day, self-supported run.Â I planned to …

Back in August and September I spent a good six weeks in Uttarakhand kayaking and spending a lot of time with Shalabh Gahlaut. A firm belief Shalabh holds is India may have the best kayaking in the world, it just needs to be found. I agree. India is already known for its big volume in …

The Tallulah River in north Georgia is a playground full of blunt and spin waves, cartwheel holes, rock spins, eddy lines, and splats on the vertical gorge walls. Its a great river for slicey playboats like the Loki, so the weekend Tyler Mayo, AJ Matthews, Matt Redmond and Myself took a quiver of boats including …

You probably came to a moment when you portaged one rapid, telling yourself that you would eventually run it later. That moment came first on the Mastigouche lac Sainte-Rose, 2 years ago. I saw the huge horizon line, didnt feel the last hole/mush and said to myself “lets come back later”. With more experience and …